Movie houses have closed across the East Bay. We checked in on the New Parkway, the Piedmont Theatre, and the Grand Lake Theatre.
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Will Oakland’s old Parkway Theater be reborn as a pot-friendly movie lounge?
Ivy Hill Cannabis, which currently operates a dispensary at the former theater east of Lake Merritt, is hoping so. But legal troubles have slowed the process.
Posted inArts & Community
Local filmmaker points lens at another public health crisis: lead poisoning in Oakland
Alex Bledsoe’s forthcoming ‘OAKLEAD’ documentary elucidates the relationships between race, socioeconomic status and access to adequate healthcare and housing.